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NASAMore Fires in Los Angeles County (9/3/2009)

A combination of smoke and clouds hovered over Los Angeles County on the afternoon of September 2, 2009, as remnants of the Station Fire continued to burn. The Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on NASA«És Aqua satellite captured this true-color image around 1:55 p.m. local time (20:55 UTC) on September 2, 2009. Puffy white clouds hover in the east, but dingy gray smoke lingers in the west and south. (The large image shows smoke spread over the Pacific Ocean.) As of Septem
ber 3, the historic observatory and TV and radio transmission lines at Mt. Wilson had escaped the flames, but the fire had exacted a tremendous toll on the community. As of the evening of September 2, the Station Fire had cost more than $27 million to fight, according to the Los Angeles Times. According to September 3 report from California«És Department of Forestry and Fire Protection, the fire had burned 144,743 acres (586 square kilometers), and had damaged or destroyed more than 70 homes, three commercial properties, and more than 30 outbuildings or other structures. Hundreds of commercial properties and thousands of homes remained under threat, but the fire was 38 percent contained. Credit: NASA image by Jeff Schmaltz, MODIS Rapid Response Team, Goddard Space Flight Center. The Rapid Response Team provides daily images of this area. Caption by Michon Scott.


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Mediatype: image
Creator: NASA
Source: http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/fires/main/usa/20090903_lafires.html
Date: 9/3/2009
Year: 2009
Rights: Public Domain
What: Aqua
Where: Los Angeles
Where: Pacific Ocean
Where: Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)
Identifier: 383537main_califfires_amo_2009245_lrg_full
Addeddate: 2009-12-01 23:49:10
Publicdate: 2009-12-01 23:51:49
Keywords: What -- Aqua; Where -- Los Angeles; Where -- Pacific Ocean; Where -- Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC)

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